11742027

Dynamic Program Erase Targeting with Bit Error Rate

PublishedAugust 29, 2023
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2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device is further to, before placing the system into operation, determine a baseline BER based on factory default trim values, wherein the processing device is further to set the BER control value as a percentage above the baseline BER.

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4. The system of claim 3, wherein the processing device is to perform each loop after execution of between tens to hundreds of program/erase cycles of the memory cells.

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5. The system of claim 1, wherein the BER is based on one of a single codeword or a mean or a median of multiple codewords.

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6. The system of claim 1, wherein the program targeting rule comprises locking of a program verify (PV) target of a programming distribution corresponding to a highest PV target.

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8. The system of claim 1, wherein the program erase targeting operation is to implement the program targeting rule to further balance logical page types such that the BER is approximately a same BER for different logical page types, and to equalize relative valley margins of a particular logical page type such that read window budgets (RWB) for valleys of the particular logical page type are approximately a same RWB.

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12. The method of claim 11, wherein repeating the loop comprises performing each loop after execution of between tens to hundreds of program/erase cycles of the memory cells.

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18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein repeating the operations as a loop comprises performing each loop after execution of between tens to hundreds of program/erase cycles of the memory array.

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19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein a valley having a lowest valley margin of the plurality of valley margins is between the erase distribution and a programming distribution adjacent to the erase distribution, and wherein performing the program erase targeting operation comprises reducing the voltage level associated with the erase distribution to increase a margin of the valley between the erase distribution and the programming distribution adjacent to the erase distribution.

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August 29, 2023

Inventors

Bruce A. Liikanen
Michael Sheperek
Larry J. Koudele

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